Bands Who Sold The World
There comes a time when bands become either exhausted musically, or give in to the idea of huge dollars for an album to make music companies rich. Take a look at the history of most big bands these days. Chances are their roots aren't anything like their Top-40-pop-sounds today. While it's true that some bands develop and change over time, there are no excuses from moving from an edgy sound into mainstream.
Record companies only care about making money, which is almost understandable. But it seems as though no-one cares about the music anymore; "Idol" shows churn out one-hit wonders, who disappear completely after their album or second single fails to impress. Record companies sign talentless wannabes (singing is not really a talent, plenty of people can do that), that have no idea about writing or working their way to the top.
Maybe I'm just jealous, I don't know. Either way, I think this problem needs more recognition. So I've put together a list of bands that sold out, as well as some people on my watchlist of potential sell-outs.
Bands who were once ok, but then sold out:
Deftones (Adrenaline forever!)
Korn
Static-X
Green Day
Incubus
Coldplay (X&Y is terrible)
Rage Against The Machine less Zac (Audioslave suck)
People who sold out:
Chris Cornell (Soundgarden was infinitely cool)
Bands who were never cool, but sold out anyway:
Limp Bizkit
Linkin Park
Bands that have been around for awhile, but still on the brink of selling out for their next record:
Foo Fighters (for now, they're still cool)
Weezer
Bands at risk of selling out:
Death Cab for Cutie
The Killers
Bands who never sold out:
Pixies!
Nirvana
Michael Jackson (while technically not a band, he is cool.. but admittedly a little weird)
Despite how I find these people to be sell-outs, I can still appreciate that Peter Gallagher has decided to release an album. Go figure.
Record companies only care about making money, which is almost understandable. But it seems as though no-one cares about the music anymore; "Idol" shows churn out one-hit wonders, who disappear completely after their album or second single fails to impress. Record companies sign talentless wannabes (singing is not really a talent, plenty of people can do that), that have no idea about writing or working their way to the top.
Maybe I'm just jealous, I don't know. Either way, I think this problem needs more recognition. So I've put together a list of bands that sold out, as well as some people on my watchlist of potential sell-outs.
Bands who were once ok, but then sold out:
Deftones (Adrenaline forever!)
Korn
Static-X
Green Day
Incubus
Coldplay (X&Y is terrible)
Rage Against The Machine less Zac (Audioslave suck)
People who sold out:
Chris Cornell (Soundgarden was infinitely cool)
Bands who were never cool, but sold out anyway:
Limp Bizkit
Linkin Park
Bands that have been around for awhile, but still on the brink of selling out for their next record:
Foo Fighters (for now, they're still cool)
Weezer
Bands at risk of selling out:
Death Cab for Cutie
The Killers
Bands who never sold out:
Pixies!
Nirvana
Michael Jackson (while technically not a band, he is cool.. but admittedly a little weird)
Despite how I find these people to be sell-outs, I can still appreciate that Peter Gallagher has decided to release an album. Go figure.